My "Most Listened" Albums of All Time

A 2p2 thread kickstarted my brain with the following query:

I feel like whenever a top albums of all time discussion comes up, the albums at the top are always great albums, by some of the best bands out there, but at the same time, they're not always the most listened to albums, or maybe even the favorite albums of the person/people compiling the list.

For this Top 10, I'd like to see what people's Top 10 all time most listened to albums are. I know this is somewhat hard to judge, but based off what you remember of your musical tastes throughout your life, and what albums were at one point or another on constant rotation in your record player/cassette deck/cd player/etc, form an approximate list. This is not supposed to be a best or favorite album list at all, so no need to be embarassed by some possibly questionable past musical tastes.

I enjoyed responding to this, enough so to share with the blogsphere (and hopefully see some other's similar lists). So without further ado, in the vein of my previous top ten album lists: Here are my Top Ten "Most Listened" to albums of all time.

This list is heavily weighted for me on albums from the nineties, as the albums that made it through the time period from high school -> college -> post-college (and in almost every case still get in to my rotation) have recieved 10x as much play as anything else in my collection.

In Chronological order, culled to a top ten.

Nine Inch Nails: Pretty Hate Machine (1989)
I didn't meet Reznor until late 1990, when I started dating a girl who was a huge Nails fan. But since then his music has been in heavy rotation. Reznor's magnum opus "The Fragile" is by far my favorite Nails record, but there's no question this has recieved the most play of any album in my collection. Still gets played start to finish, sixteen years after I got my first copy.
Favorite Tracks: Down in It, Sin, Terrible Lie,

Pearl Jam: Ten (1991)
I was already a big fan of Temple of the Dog, so the progression to Pearl Jam was a natural. This album was a constant staple during the college days. The brilliance of Garden keeps this album in rotation today, albeit with very limited listenability due to popular radio absolutely wearing this album out, not to mention Pearl Jam's descent from brilliance through mediocrity to pure crap across their career.
Favorite tracks: Garden, Black, Alive

Use Your Illusion II (1991)
In the late eighties / early nineties I had already developed an interest in a wide variety of music, including Metallica and GnR. I still consider Estranged to be one of the greatest songs of all time, especially one of the most underrated. Haven't listened to either album in years, but the magic of bittorent fixed that while I was pulling together the list (sadly easier to dl them than to find the scratched up CDs among the thousands I own). I started out including both Guns and Roses: Use Your Illusion I along with II, as most still consider this one large album. I certainly do. But after re-listening to both albums, I realized I'm a much larger fan of II than I, and I know for a fact I played II just a little more than I, however Illusion I is certainly close. .
Favorite Tracks: Breakdown, Estranged, 14 Years, Locomotive

U2: Achtung Baby (1991)
While their 1987 smash The Joshua Tree might have been one of the defining albums of the eighties, Achtung Baby recieved 10x as much play in my collection. I still break it out to this day for The Fly and So Cruel.
Favorite Tracks: The Fly, So Cruel, Mysterious Ways, Zoo Station

Rage Against the Machine: Rage Against the Machine (1992)
Rage's debut album was one of the freshest, most unique sounds. A complete evolution in music at the time, ushering in the rapcore sound to follow.
Favorite Tracks: Bombtrack, Know Your Enemy, Wake Up

Snoop Dog: Doggystyle (1993)
Dre's Chronic was quickly eclipsed by Snoop's debut. Snoop's album crossed about every barrier, and really drove hip-hop in to suburbia. Everyone owned this album, and everyone constantly played it. Still gets spins at parties, to great accord.
Favorite Tracks: Tha Shiznit, Doggy Dogg World, Aint No Fun

Nirvana: Unplugged in New York (1994)
I was fortunate enough to get handed a copy of Nirvana's Bleach in late 1990, so I was already a fan when Nevermind exploded on to the world stage in 1991 and introduced the world to Seattle's amazing music scene. And while Nevermind's power got heavy rotation for several years, the singles were absolutely everywhere so it dropped out of my rotation pretty quickly. However the absolute brilliance of their 1994 visit to MTV's New York studios to drop this album still gets heavy rotation in my collection. It was in constant rotation as a mellow album during and immediately after college.
Favorite Tracks: Oh Me, Plateu, Jesus Doesn't Want Me for a Sunbeam

Radiohead: The Bends (1995)
OK Computer (1997) is exceptionally close. Radiohead's subsequent 2000 release Kid A is close as well, because my favorite Radiohead track by far is The National Anthem. But as a whole album, I spent most of 1995-1997 with The Bends on repeat - my roommate at the time and I were both huge Radiohead fans, and we'd have The Bends playing on the stereo every night, most nights falling asleep listening to it.
Favorite Tracks: High and Dry, The Bends, Fake Plastic Trees,

Tool : Aenima (1996)
Lateralis will likely overtake Aenima in time, and its certainly possible that 10,000 days will then overtake Lateralus. But Aenima has been in heavy constant rotation since its release.
Favorite Tracks: Stinkfist, Eulogy, Fourty Six & 2

Sublime: Sublime(1996)
While "40 oz to Freedom" was probably a superior album as a whole, the ability to toss Sublime's self titled album in to the CD player on repeat during a party was almost unequaled during the mid-nineties.
Favorite Tracks: Garden Grove, Doin' Time, What I Got

Honorable mention from this decade, because its playcount rivals those above and will likely surpass some of the albums from 1991 given another year or two:

A Perfect Circle: Thirteenth Step (2003)
Overtaking APC's 2000 release Mer de Noms was difficult, but Thirteenth Step's added depth as a sophomore release over the heavier debut gave added listenability. The dynamic range displayed on the CD allows for continuous listening without burining out. Three years later I'm still listening to this entire album at least once a week.
Favorite Tracks: Blue, Pet, Gravity, Weak and Powerless

Others that probably should be on the list, but didn't make it when I first wrote it:

311: Grassroots (1994)
I was fortunate enough to get introduced to 311 with the release of their first major album, Music. And while I celebrate their entire collection, Grassroots holds the position as the most listened to of all their albums.

Beastie Boys: Ill Communication (1994)
While the Dust Brother's help makes Paul's Boutique their most influential album, Ill Communication is by far their best and one that has recieved significant time in my top most played. Very much still in rotation to this day.

One other I also have to mention is Hootie and the Blowfish, Cracked Rear View. This album probably recieved so much play in the period 1995-1998 that it deserves its own entry. For deeply personal reasons (I can't listen to much from the album anymore without deep deep sadness) it hasn't received almost any rotation since then, so I left it off the list. But on a pure memory basis, I bet its probably my #3 or #4 most listened to album just based on the fact that it was played almost non-stop during those years.